They almost always walk
63%
of contests with a top-10 call
A call in 5 of 8 contests
A top-10 category call in 63% of their 8 contests — they get to the stage more often than not.
BUTCH'S SMACK YOUR LIPS BBQ
BUTCH'S SMACK YOUR LIPS BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 8 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2015 and 2022. Their best overall finish is 14th of 16 at the Rock'N RibFest 2015 (2015). They are ranked #4593 of 6,477 teams in the KCBS power rankings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1471
peak 1471 · rated over 5 contests
Contests
8
in the data
First seen
Jun 20, 2015
latest Oct 14, 2022 · 7.3 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
0% of 8 contests
Avg finish
top 81%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
63%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±23.71
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 161.85 · weakest Pork (147.27)
Road miles
5,651
across 8 mapped stops · furthest 5,051 mi
Schedule strength
25%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1534)
Purse competed for
$56K
listed at 6 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 3 state-championship entries
Master avg
609.73 / 720
5 Master contests · 0 GCs
Team of the Year (rank per category by season — the year links to the full board on kcbs.us)
| Year | Series | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 ↗ | Master | #1955 (60 pts) | #2049 (60 pts) | #2026 (60 pts) | #2029 (60 pts) | #2010 (60 pts) |
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to BUTCH'S SMACK YOUR LIPS BBQ, each with one reason worth a look.
137 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#4,585 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1471
Fewer contests behind them than BUTCH'S SMACK YOUR LIPS BBQ has cooked, 5 to 8, which makes theirs the less settled rating of the two.
⚔ Compare careers#4,584 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1507
They've been 1507 at their best, 36 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.
⚔ Compare careers#4,612 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1471
Their last contest in the data was back in 2019, 3 years before BUTCH'S SMACK YOUR LIPS BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#4,606 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1471
Level with BUTCH'S SMACK YOUR LIPS BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#4,601 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1471
Their last contest in the data was back in 2017, 5 years before BUTCH'S SMACK YOUR LIPS BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#4,607 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1471
Their last contest in the data was back in 2017, 5 years before BUTCH'S SMACK YOUR LIPS BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careersBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 162.2628 | 141.6572 | 152.44 | top 79% |
| Pork Ribs | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 172.5716 | 151.3944 | 161.85 | top 59% |
| Pork | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 162.2400 | 134.2172 | 147.27 | top 86% |
| Brisket | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 169.6684 | 137.1084 | 152.67 | top 68% |
“Calls” = top-10 category finishes (getting called to the stage). Scores here are the final weighted totals KCBS publishes; per-criterion appearance/taste/tenderness marks aren’t in the public results feed.
By field size and state
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 1 | 0 | top 88% |
| Medium (20–39) | 2 | 0 | top 72% |
| Large (40+) | 2 | 0 | top 87% |
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maryland State BBQ Bash | 2 | 17 | 0 | top 72% | Oct 14, 2022 |
More numbers
Busiest season
2022
4 contests
Contests a season
2
across 4 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
HI
3 of 8 contests · 5 states in all
Contests visited
4
1 of them more than once
Most-entered meat
Pork Ribs
8 entries · 0 wins · 4 calls
Opponents faced
231
finished ahead 73 times, behind 196
Longest layoff
3.9 yrs
Jul 10, 2015 → Jun 1, 2019
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20222 milestones
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)172.5716 Warrior BBQ Ribs Championship - Ribs 2 (One Meat Ribs )
- Most recent contest Warrior BBQ Ribs Championship - Ribs 3 (One Meat Ribs)
20211 milestone
- Career-best overall score645.5424 Maryland State BBQ Bash
20153 milestones
- First tracked contest Rock'N RibFest 2015
- First call Rock'N RibFest 2015
- Peak power rating (1488) Rock'N RibFest 2015
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +2.3 | Maryland State BBQ Bash | Oct 15, 2021 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -11.6 | Rock'N RibFest 2015 | Jun 20, 2015 |
| -11 | Sun BBQFest | Jun 1, 2019 |
| -7.2 | New Jersey State Barbecue Championship | Jul 10, 2015 |
| -1.4 | Maryland State BBQ Bash | Oct 14, 2022 |
Scores over time (% of a perfect score — tap a meat to add it)
Overall finish over time (top-% of field, lower is better)
Where they finish (overall)
Best vs average (by meat)
How entries end (by meat)
Season by season
| Season | Contests | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 75% | top 77% | 87.2% | 87.2% |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 68% | 89.7% | 89.7% |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 97% | 81.6% | 81.6% |
| 2015 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50% | top 82% | 83.9% | 82.5% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 12, 2022 | Warrior BBQ Ribs Championship - Ribs 3 (One Meat Ribs) Honolulu, HI | — | — | 7 (165.1428) | — | — |
| Nov 12, 2022 | Warrior BBQ Ribs Championship - Ribs 2 (One Meat Ribs ) Honolulu, HI | — | — | 5 (172.5716) | — | — |
| Nov 11, 2022 | Warrior BBQ Ribs Championship - Ribs 1 (One Meat Ribs) Honolulu, HI | — | — | 4 (170.2972) | — | — |
| Oct 14, 2022 | Maryland State BBQ Bash 🏅 Belair, MD | 23 / 30 (627.8744) | 26 (154.8456) | 25 (151.3944) | 17 (162.2400) | 17 (159.3944) |
| Oct 15, 2021 | Maryland State BBQ Bash 🏅 Belair, MD | 17 / 25 (645.5424) | 18 (162.2628) | 19 (159.9884) | 21 (153.6228) | 8 (169.6684) |
| Jun 1, 2019 | Sun BBQFest 🏅 Uncasville, CT | 59 / 61 (587.4288) | 61 (142.2972) | 35 (160.5372) | 59 (142.8572) | 61 (141.7372) |
| Jul 10, 2015 | New Jersey State Barbecue Championship North Wildwood, NJ | 50 / 65 (603.9312) | 28 (161.1200) | 28 (162.2972) | 61 (143.4056) | 54 (137.1084) |
| Jun 20, 2015 | Rock'N RibFest 2015 Merrimack, NH | 14 / 16 (583.8860) | 15 (141.6572) | 10 (152.5600) | 16 (134.2172) | 11 (155.4516) |